Related Clues:

• Wed secretly
• Had an unannounced merger
• Skip the wedding
• Flee to unite
• Hurry to marry
• Skip to the altar
• Seek a J.P., maybe
• Marry in secret
• Skip the ceremony
• Bolted together?
• Hitch out of town
• Run off and form a union
• Split to become one
• Split to be joined
• Left via ladder, say